Chapter SPS 167

Chapter SPS 167

PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE

SPS 167.01   Insurance requirement.

Ch. SPS 167 Note Note: Chapter RL 167 was created as an emergency rule effective 9-10-07. Chapter RL 167 was renumbered chapter SPS 167 under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register November 2011 No. 671.

SPS 167.01 SPS 167.01 Insurance requirement.

SPS 167.01(1) (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), a person certified under s. 440.88, Stats., shall not practice substance use disorder counseling unless he or she has in effect professional liability insurance in the amount of at least $1,000,000 for each occurrence and $3,000,000 for all occurrences in one year.

SPS 167.01(2) (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person practicing substance use disorder counseling as an employee of a federal, state, or local governmental agency, if the practice is part of the duties for which he or she is employed and is solely within the confines of or under the jurisdiction of the agency by which he or she is employed.

SPS 167.01 History History: CR 07-031: cr. Register November 2007 No. 623, eff. 12-1-07.